Leach believed pellagra was "due to an intoxication from eating damaged maze, corn which has not matured, not been properly dried or meal which has not been kept dry after grinding." Leach adds that poverty, hard labor and high exposure to the sun...

This paper discusses the groundbreaking work of Dr. Tom Spies who contributed significantly to the eradication of pellagra by proving the effectiveness of nicotinic acid as a treatment for the disease in his nutritional clinic at Hillman Hospital,...

Dr. Cole’s article reports on the “successful” treatment by blood transfusion of a pellagra patient at the Mt. Vernon Hospital. In this case, blood from a recovered pellagra patient was given to one suffering the advanced stages of the disease. The...